Weekly News (June 6, 2016)

Cigar News

• Camacho Liberty Series 2016 Shipping This Week
• Crowned Heads Launching La Cosa Nica Sampler
• Davidoff Expanding Escurio Line
• Drew Estate Releases Drew Diplomat App
• Guayacan Expands Rojas Reserve Line
• Jack Toraño Joins General Cigar Co.
• Maya Selva Adding Flor de Selva Maduro Grand Pressé Maduro
• Mombacho Cigars S.A. Expands to Europe & Australia
• Padrón Raising Prices 30 Cents Per Cigar
• Powstanie SBC 16 Slated for IPCPR 2016
• Ventura Launching Archetype
• Viaje Ships New Exclusivo Leaded; Oro & Platino Reserva
• Viaje TNT Updating Looking for 2016

Legislation

• Global Premium Cigars Files Suit Against FDA
• FDA Sought to Introduced New Flavored Cigar Restrictions
• California Plans Smoking Ban for Beaches & Parks
• California Seeking Restrictions on Tobacco Sale Locations
• Iwan Ries & Co. Files Suit Against Chicago Tobacco Tax
• Dallas Moves Forward With Smoking Bans
• Isle of Man Banning Display of Tobacco — Via Isle of Man.com.
• UAE Wants Public Smoking Ban — Via Al Arabiya.
• West Virginia Tobacco Tax Increase Fails, Again

• Anchorage, Alaska Considers Smoking Ban — Via Alaska Dispatch News.
• Canandaigua, N.Y. Considers Banning Tobacco in Parks — Via Daily Messenger.
• Creve Coeur, Mo. Considering Smoking Ban — Via KTVI.
• El Paso County Commissioner Proposes Smoking Ban — Via El Paso Times.
• Hamilton; Wenham, Mass. Considers Raising Minimum Tobacco Purchasing Age — Via Patch.
• Hancock County, W.Va. Considering Smoking Ban — Via The Intelligencer.
  
• Jeffersonville, Ind. Considering Parks Smoking Ban — Via News and Tribune.
• Leavenworth, Kan. Considers Raising Minimum Tobacco Purchase Age — Via Leavenworth Times.
• Lee Summit, Mo. Considering Raising Minimum Age to Purchase Tobacco — Via Lee’s Summit Journal.
• Monrovia, Calif. Considers Smoking Ban — Via Monrovia.
• North Providence, R.I. Considering Smoking Ban — Via Providence Journal.
• Palm Springs, Calif. Considers Smoking Ban — Via The Desert Sun.
• Port Arthur, Texas Amends Smoking Ban
• Rock Hill, S.C. Considers Parks Smoking Ban — Via The Herald.
• Throop, Pa. Considering Tobacco Ban in Parks & Playgrounds — Via The Times-Tribune.
• Warwick, R.I. to Vote on Beach Smoking Ban — Via Warwick Post.
• Worcester, Mass. Raises Minimum Tobacco Purchasing Age to 21

Colleges & Universities

• Cuyahoga Community College — Tobacco ban effective Aug. 8.

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Charlie Minato

I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.